Plymouth High School - Profile Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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trres Therr early settlers were responsrble for many world famous school books new 1de1s rn educ rtron and rmportant rnventrons They were the ploneers also rn the scrence of tlymg In the southwest classes are graduating from schools on the sunny plarns They come of a frrendly people wrth an hrstorrc background Lrfe to them has been cattle ranches o1l vsells darry products corn and other farm products All over Amerrca classes are graduatrng from hrgh schools each dnffermg wrdely rn local mterests or nn the background of therr lrves but all alrke thankful for berng Amerrcans ust because we are gratefal for berng Amerrcans does not necessarrly mem that we should try to make other countrres l1ke ours Our problem should not be to try to change other natrons of the world to conform to our own xdeas of what rs good Instead we should become more tolerant towards the attrtudes rdeas and asprratrons of other countrres Our country rs one of many dlfferent mterests and characterlstrcs If we trred to get other countrres to be lrke ours the questlon would then be which part of our country or vwhrch group of people should they be lrke The same wly of lrvlng whrch makes rt possible for people so different to live together rn harmony and prospernty should be applred to world condrtlons When lems are they understand and are ready to work rn harmony regardless of dnfferences III personal mterests and background When masses of laborxng people go on strrke both the worklng people and thexr compames suffer but they get together and study the1r problems develop a better under standlng all around and go back to thexr work As we are thankful for being Amerlcans rt seems we are lrkewrse thankful for good schools So far as we are rndrvldually concerned our gratltude IS to you our parents and frrends for provrdrng thrs school for us thrs school berng rtself the basrc unit of that whlch IS Amerlct AL1T1A ARCHIBALD I nlvrzmrv The world of today 1 world rnto whrch the members of the class of 1946 tre about to enter IS challenged by mlny complex problems created by those before us XVe have rnherrted a world appalled and frlghtened by rts own achrevements The Atomlc Age 1n whrch we l1ve rs a dangerous one Unless the people of all the nltrons ire wrllmg to work together to establrsh and ensure 111 everlastmg peace there may come about an even more dns istrous xx orld strrfe than the one through whrch we have just passed . . ' A 2 ' , , ' Y , - 1 4 - I ' D . f - ' , , ' - - f - 7 7 7 ' 7 Y 4 T ' 7 . 7 . . V I ' . ' , 2 . . 7 7 .l 2 r . . . . people are better acquainted with each other and know better what each other's prob- , 1 1 1 v l 1 I ' I Q I , , . , - 3 ,- 7 ' , , ' ' ' I f - , K ' ' v , 3 7 R . . . ' z , 1 ' ' ' ' 2 1 , ' ' z 1 a ' , ' I I . , , . , ' ' w , - ' l' , ' - ' ' , . - K , 2 ' 2 Y' . 7 r r ' 2 1 . Y Y , , ' 2 V A L Y ' ,

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Svalntainrg Elhankiul fur Being Amrrtrana It IS ln honor for me to have the prrvrlege of welcomrng frrends parents teach ers and fellow students here today for thrs most rmportant occasron of our school lrfe In thrs openmg statement rt seems fittrng that on behalf of the Class of 1946 rt should be sard that the thmg for whrch we are most thankful IS srmply that we are Amerxcans In other lands hrgh school puprls have been sent to war or have gone mto fac tones to and 1n the production of war materrals whrle most of us have been allowed to contrnue our educatrc n wrthout rnterruptron Those ln other countries who were for tunate enough to graduate from schools are gorng out mto countries lard waste by war rn w hrch there rs lrttle food rnadequate clothmg and rn whrch the future rs qurte dark and uncertam XVe who today fimsh rn Amerrcan schools go out mto the world facmg a perrod of peace and prosperity How much we have benefitted from our school lrfe depends somewhat upon the mdrvrdu ll hrs mterest rn school and hrs abrlrty to learn XVe apprecrate the mterest you have taken rn provrdmg for us and we apprecrate the many hours IH which our teachers have labored faxthfully for us rn order that we mrght make the most of our opportunxtres The schools of our country may justly be proud of therr part rn developrng the sprrlt of free people and prrvate enterprrse rn the youth of today from whom the leaders of tomorrow wrll arxse Our graduatron here IS only a symbol of what rs gorng on rn thousands of com mumtxes across the land practrcally everyone wrth drfferent tradrtrons and communrty mterests but all thankful for being Amerrcans In the c1t1es and vrllages of the central part of the Umted States I-Irgh School classes such as curs rre grlduatrng tod xy 'Ihey are proud of the fact that they are the geographrc center of the country proud of the great rrvers which flow there proud of thexr natural resources and agrrcultural products whrch add so much to makmg lnfe worth whrle rn the remote sectrons reached by their products rn the markets of the world In the Northeast they are proud of therr vast green forests their beautrful rrvers lakes waterfalls and mountaxns Thousands of mrles to the west and north there are classes such as ours graduatmg from hugh schools where the formality rs the same yet the words are drfferent Graduates rn that sectron are proud of thelr own tradntxons but are thankful to be Amerrcans In the Ohro Rrver Valley hundreds of classes are graduatrng from schools To their people lrfe rn Amerrca means farming manufacturmg and varrous other mdus O 0 66 . 0 7, 1 r ' I - a a , . a 1 I . . 7 . - a h . r -1.2 V. . . . . V - N . . . . Y a . 7. . . . . . . . V 7 , , Y . . . . . Y - f - ' y c, , . , . . . .. . . -, , , U a t 7 - 7 ' ' 1 v 1 ' ' ' - .. l . 7. . .. -7 7 9 L - a 1 ' i 1 2 2. ' ' 7 , '-1 - , , ' ' 1 4 3 Y . 1' I Q 7 v , , , ' I ' y f , . 1 7 . , . . , .. , . 7 a '

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In a democracy such as ours the possrbrlrty for the expansron of tolerance rs great but thrs must not be lrmrted to just one sectron of the world It must rnclude every natron and every human race wrthrn that natron We are supposed to be lrvmg rn a crvrlrzed world yet we read of drfferent races bemg persecuted because of therr belrefs whrch do not happen to be the same as that of a natron whrch consrders rtself superror Are we gorng to allow thrs sort of thrng to go on? It rs easy to speak of hrgh ideals but speaking just rsn t enough Great responsrbrlrty determmrng the future rest rn our hands and we must wrll rngly accept them wrth strong hearts It affords us the opportunrty for the exercrse of ambrtron energy honesty and clear thmkrng Many of the grave mistakes made rn lrfe are due to rgnorance Our educatron has trred to establlsh the flrm foundation for the great thmgs to come Tolerance rs one of them It rs derrved from the Latrn word tolerare meaning to endure Tolerance rs the abrlrty to allow ideas oprnrons and ways of lrvrng to drffer from one s own belrefs and conceptions but one should not drscrrmmate agamst the belrefs and conceptrons of others It rs not just one s way of thrnkmg and one s rdeas that are alvs ays rrght and best It rs a combrnatron of everybody s oprnrons whrch makes possrble the drawrng of rntellrgent conclusrons by our leaders conclusrons whrch wrll be wrllrngly accepted by the publrc Along wrth tolerance goes broadmrndedness It rs not enough to look at one srde of a questron only All pomts must be taken rnto consrderatron and studred care fully and thoroughly before one can decrde what rs rrght and what rs wrong People shouldn t set therr mrnds agamst anythrng wrthout a good reason One should have a wrde and varred range of thoughts wrth the purpose of makmg lrfe more pleasant for others As jealousy and fear are usually at the bottom of all mtolerance people should acqurre a good sense of mental balance Moreover people who lrve for themselves alone can never lind true happrness Pear IS mstrlled rn the mrnd resultmg from a lack of clear understandrng of thmgs whrch are takrng place thus makmg people afrard to face what IS ahead of them The members of the class of 1946 already know that they must work for what they recerve And so rt rs wrth tolerance It rs not somethmg that can be acqurred rn a certam number of lessons Only through constant self practrce can rt truly be realrzed Once we have rt at our command we must never let rt slrp away from us Tolerance IS lrke liberty One must work for rt and safe guard rt by eternal care and vrgrlance Although rt wrll take many many years for tolerance to really rule the hearts and mrnds of all of us yet the day wrll come and we members of the class of '46 may we too be able to look back wrth pride because of our help rn that great achrevement MARJORIE HUCKINS 31d Honor a 9 5 . . . . . . , . , . 9 a a - ' 9 ,, ,, . .. . .. .. ' 1 y . . . . , . . , 1 a , . . . . . a ' 9 v , . v , - v 1 a 9 x ' a